Native Fish Releases 2008

Note number: FN 0604
Published: July 2008

Departmental Stocking Program

Fisheries Victoria's native and salmonid fish stocking program is designed to enhance recreational fishing opportunities for anglers. Annual stocking plans are developed utilising information provided at regional stakeholder consultation meetings (CONS). Stakeholders involved are the Victorian Recreational Fishing peak body (VRFish), water and catchment management authorities, the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE), Fisheries Victoria and other relevant stakeholders. VRFish represents recreational anglers at these meetings.

The meetings consider the performance of existing stocking programs, results of stock assessment, angler and creel surveys, prevailing environmental conditions, impacts of land and water management regimes and other issues that may impact on the fishery. Requests by stakeholders to vary current stocking programs are also considered.

Stocking Plans may be subject to 'last minute' variation due to natural factors i.e. flood, fire, low water level or quality, algal blooms or manmade impacts such as major works on storages.

Continuing dry conditions meant some scheduled releases were cancelled and others modified. Where possible, VRFish are consulted prior to a variation.

Table 1. Native fish Stocked

Water StockedMonth 2008Fish Size (g)Murray CodGolden PerchSilver PerchTrout CodAust. Bass
Allans Flat Dredge HoleMar1.1 1,000 1 
Amaroo Lake (Shepparton)   Mar1.1 500   
Anderson Lake (Chiltern)   Mar1.1 1,000   
Avoca River (Charlton to Nattie Yallock)Jan1.010,000    
Broken Creek (Dip Bridge & Nathalia)Apr0.7 15,000   
Broken River (Benalla to Gowangardie Weir)   Mar0.8 20,000   
Calambeen Lake (Creswick)   Mar1.5 200   
Charm Lake (Lake Charm)   Dec/2007
May
180
1.0
500*
5,000#
   
Cudgewa Creek (Cudgewa)   Feb1.25,000    
Cullulleraine Lake (Cullulleraine)   Feb
Apr
1.3  0.310,000
10,000
   
Eildon Lake (Eildon)Dec/2007
Jan
Mar
Mar
Mar
Mar
May

1.0
1.1
1.3
0.8
1.0
40,000
16,000
12,300
9,700



20,000


83,000
22,000
   
Expedition Pass Reserevoir (Farraday)Feb
Mar
1.8
1.5
250
1,000
   
Goulburn River (Downstream of Nagambie)Dec6000
667
3
6
177
223
   
Goulburn River (Seymour to Nagambie)Jan
Jan
Mar
Mar
1.0
1.5
1.1
0.9

40,000
10,000


4,000
16,000
   
Greens Lake (Corop)Jan
Mar
Mar
1.0
1.5
0.9
10,000
12,500
7,500
   
Gunbower Creek (Gunbower/Cohuna)   Jan1.020,000    
Hume Lake (Wodonga)Jan
Mar
0.8
0.8
 90,000
60,000
   
Kangaroo Lake (Lake Charm)Dec/2007
Feb
Mar
180
160
1.0
500*
1,500*


20,000#
   
Kerford Lake (Beechworth)Feb0.3   300 
Kialla LakesMar1.1 1,500   
Kow Swamp (Leitchville)May1.0 30,000#   
Little Murray River (Swanhill)Jan1.010,000    
Loddon River (Newbridge to Kerang)Jan
Mar
1.1
0.8
20,000
50,000
   
Lowanna Lake (Shepparton)Mar1.1 500   
Mitta Mitta River (Pigs Point)Jan1.010,000    
Molliston Creek Weir (Pyalong)Jan
Mar
1.5
1.5
1,000
1,000
   
Nillahcootie Lake (Lima South)Jan
May
1.5
1.5
 15,900
4,100
   
Numurkah Lake (Numurkah)Apr0.7 5,000   
Pyramid Creek (Below Kow Swamp)Jan
May
1.0
0.3
10,000
4,000
   
Reedy Lake (First) (Kerang)Dec/2007
May
180
1.0
500*
5,000#
   
Richardson River (Rich Avon)Apr0.3 10,000   
Sambell Lake (Beechworth)Mar1.1 5,000   
Serpentine Creek (Durham Ox)May1.0 5,000   
Waranga Basin (Rushworth)Feb
Feb
0.9
1.8
15,000
5,000
    
Wimmera River (Horsham area)Apr
Apr
0.3
0.8
 34,000
10,000
  
Total   257,259566,17110,000 300  

Table 2. Number

Murray CodGolden PerchSilver PerchTrout CodAustralian BassTotal
257,259566,17110,000 300 0 833,730

Table 3. Weight

Murray CodGolden PerchSilver PerchTrout CodAustralian BassTotal (kg)
785.6 303.5 13.0 11.0 0 1,113.1

Table 4. Transport

Kms TravelledTotal Man Days
20,682 50
*Yearling Murray Cod - Dart Tagged
#Chemically Marked Fish (Alazarin)

Acknowledgements

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